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From: shevett@labii.UUCP (Dave Shevett)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Databases - performance vs. price
Keywords: performance price
Message-ID: <188@labii.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 89 03:21:44 GMT
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Reply-To: shevett@labii.UUCP (Dave Shevett)
Organization: DB Computer Services
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I've been reading this thread for a while, and I'm constantly snickering
to myself listening to people looking for an inexpensive way of getting a
GOOD, POWERFUL database to run in a multi-user environment.

Simple.  Get Foxbase.  

Foxbase under Xenix/Unix is one of the nicest chunks of code I've ever had
the pleasure of working in.  A rundown - I'm running a moderate Foxbase
program (about 3000 lines) on a 16mghz 386 system with a 40 meg drive.  I
have 4-6 people accessing it regularly, and the system HUMS along.  No
expensive equipment, no absurdly complicated DBMS, no horrendous pricetag.

Probably the greatest boon has been the ability to just copy the files from
my Unix system to a DOS disk, and run the application IMMEDIATELY on my PC
at home.  All my development was done on my PC, and a quick copy and run
later, the system came RIGHT UP under Unix.  

Hats off to Fox and an exceptional program.  If it weren't for them, I
wouldn't be in business today.

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Dave Shevett          DB Computer Svcs            Labyrinth II BBS
W. Trenton, NJ        Foxbase People at Large     shevett@labii.UUCP
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